Alabama Elite: Elite Alumni
Monday, March 10
Alabama Elite "Dancing" in the NCAA tourney again!
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| Lady Mocs receive the leagues automatic bid to the NCAA tournament! | |
With the University of Chattanooga Mocs 71-59 win over Western Carolina in the finals of 2008 Southern Conference Tournament in Charleston, SC... Alabama Elite alumni Brooke Hand and Jenaya Wade-Fray will be dancing for the 2nd consecutive year in the 2008 Women's NCAA National tournament. It will be Brooke's 3rd straight appearance. UTC was won their past 24 games -- the country's longest streak -- and have taken their last 31 contests against league opponents in route to a 29-3 record.
Brooke as a junior set a new Southern Conference record for 3-pointers made with 232 over three years...Broke a school and SoCon 18-year-old record for 3-pointers made with 90, surpassing the previous best of 87 set in 1989 by former Lady Moc Marcheta Winton. Brooke also broke the SoCon tournament mark for 3-pointers made with 12 and tied for most attempts with 21. While playing for Alabama Elite coached by Mike Ellen and Lynn Lanier they finished 30-6 in the summer of 2003 and won state AAU tournament, state YBOA tournament and finished third in the national tournament. Brooke averaged 25 points per game and eight assists per game earning all-tournament honors in the national tournament while scoring 40 points in one game and hit nine 3-pointers in one game.
Jenaya as a freshman was selected to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team, tallied 215 points in her rookie season playing in all 33 games while starting three. She also set a Lady Mocs’ record with a perfect 6-for-6 from the 3-point line in the Lady Mocs’ win over UNC Greensboro on the Spartans’ home court, tallying a career-high 24 points. She had a 5-for-5 performance from beyond the arc at Davidson. Jenaya made 44-of-123 three pointers as a freshman and had 39 assists while recording 10 double-digit games and had a career-best seven rebounds in four contests.
Chattanooga coach Wes Moore was selected by his peers as Coach of the Year, following the Lady Mocs’ third perfect regular season in the past five years. Brooke Hand was selected to the All-Southern Conference team.
Friday, April 27
Brooke Hand breaks records playing for UTC!
Brooke Hand broke season, career and tournament conference records in the month of March. She set an individual tournament record with 12 3-pointers in the SoCon tournament. She finished the season with 90 treys on the year giving her the league record and besting former Lady Moc Marcheta Wintons record of 87 in 1989. Hand also holds the SoCon career mark for 3-pointers made with 232. Hand led the Lady Mocs to a share of the SoCon regular season crown, and averaged 15.7 points per contest to lead the Lady Mocs to the tournament title. Hand scored 14 points in Chattanoogas NCAA Tournament game against Baylor.
Saturday, June 7
Three Lady Chargers make GSC Academic Honor Roll
Birmingham - The UAH women's basketball team had three members of the 2007-08 squad to earn spots on the Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll. Junior guard Ashley Boykin (Haleyville) joined sophomores Abby Hand (Rome, Ga.) and Stephanie Gehlhausen (Newburg, Ind.) on this years squad. Boykin is a Pre-Med major with a GPA of 4.00. Boykin was the Lady Chargers' second leading scorer this season averaging 12.3 points per game. She also pulled down 3.2 rebounds per contest and led the GSC in made three-pointers, knocking down 3.13 per game. In addition, Boykin was ranked seventh in the GSC in three-point fieldgoal percentage.
Monday, March 26
Fann Named To Big South Conference All-Tournament Team
ASHEVILLE, NC-- For the second straight season, Winthrop sophomore Ashley Fann has been named to the Big South Conference All-Tournament Team. Fann averaged, 18 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game in two games at the Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Women's Basketball Championship. She scored 16 points, pulled down eight rebounds and had five steals to help lead Winthrop over top-seeded High Point on Thursday. Then in the semi-finals loss to fourth-seeded UNC Asheville Fann poured in 20 points and had seven rebounds and two steals. Fann finished the season as the team's leader in scoring (12.2) and rebounding (6.5). In her young career, Fann has already picked up several honors. In addtion to being a two-time selection to the All-Tournament Team, Fann was the 2005-06 Big South Freshman of the Year and was a member of the All-Big South Second Team as a freshman. Amanda Elder from UNC Asheville was named the MVP of the tournament. She and Fann were joined by Johnette Walker of Radford, Brittany Hendley of UNC Asheville, and Megan Frazee of Liberty on the All-Tournament Team.
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Sunday, March 18
Lady Mocs Fall to Baylor In NCAA Tournament
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Ex-Elite, Brooke Hand, made 90 3s!
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Lady Mocs cut an 11-point halftime deficit to just one point 10 minutes into the second half, but couldn't hold on as Baylor claimed a 68-55 NCAA first round win over Chattanooga at the RBC Center Sunday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C. Laura Hall drained a 3-pointer with 10:08 to play, cutting the lead to 45-44. UTC kept it to within five over the next three minutes before Baylor began to pull away on a 3-pointer from Latara Darrett at the 6:02 mark to go up by eight. The Lady Mocs started out slow, unable to score until the 16:13 mark of the game when Alex Anderson fed Kristen Spann, cutting the score to 6-2. Chattanooga came back and tied the game at 6-6 less than two minutes later, but never got closer than two points the remainder of the half. Chattanooga was 5-for-20 from the 3-point line and shot 32.8 percent from the floor. Alex Anderson tallied her 17th double-double of the year and Brooke Hand claimed the Southern Conference and Chattanooga 3-point single season record with three in the game to reach 90 this year, surpassing the previous best mark by three. Anderson led the Lady Mocs with 16 points and Hand had 14 and six rebounds. Kristen Spann scored nine points for UTC with five rebounds in 13 minutes of play. Chattanooga closes out the year with a 25-8 mark while Baylor improves to 26-7 and will move on to play #4 NC State Tuesday in Round Two.
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Saturday, March 3
THIRD TIMES A CHARM; LADY MOCS WIN SOCON TITLE!!!
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Back-to-back threes from Brooke Hand and Laura Hall led the Chattanooga womens basketball team past Western Carolina 84-66 Saturday afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum to claim back-to-back Southern Conference tournament titles. "Our confidence this year is the strongest it's ever been," Lady Mocs' head coach Wes Moore said. "I think Western is tough enough to get considerations (from the NCAA), but it's also tough being a Mid-Major." With 5:45 to play in the game, WCUs Lauren Powell sank a 3-pointer to knot the game up for the sixth time in the closely played game at 62-62. Hand, standing well behind the line, hit her 87th 3-pointer of the season to put Chattanooga out front for good 65-62 and tie the league mark for treys in a season. Hall followed with her third 3-pointer of the game and the Lady Mocs never looked back. I felt bad that I gave up a 3-pointer to her (Powell), Hand said. I felt like I had to get one back. Chattanooga went on a 17-0 run and outscored Western 22-4 over the final minutes of the game to claim its 11th SoCon tournament title since 1984. SoCon Tournament Most Valuable Player Alex Anderson led four Lady Mocs in double-figures with 30 points to become the single-season scoring leader at UTC with 661 points. Alexs year is the reason were here, Lady Mocs Head Coach Wes Moore said. We run our offense through her and she gives us great opportunities. Anderson became just the third person in league history to be named both the Tournament MVP and regular season Player of the Year. Down the stretch, the Lady Mocs went 14-17 from the free throw line as the Catamounts piled on the fouls looking to slow the pace of play. WCU went 0-for-8 with just a pair of charity tosses after the Lady Mocs took the lead on Hands trey. The game was tight throughout with the Catamounts jumping out to an opening 7-0 lead. Anderson hit back-to-back layups to put UTC on the board, sparking an 11-0 run capped off with a layup from Hall giving Chattanooga an 11-10 lead at the 13:53 mark. The scored bounced back and forth for the remainder of the half with three ties before the Lady Mocs got out front going up by as much as five three times in the half. Westerns Brooke Johnson hit a layup at the end of the half to cut the UTC lead to 38-36 at the break. The game would knot up three times in the second half before Chattanooga would begin its final push. Hall knocked down three treys and dished out four assists with two steals in her 36 minutes on the floor, scoring 18 points in the game. Hand was 3-for-4 from 3-point land and a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line and three assists for 15 points. Freshman Shanara Hollinquest saw more significant playing time with 23 minutes and was the fourth UTC player in double-digits with 14 points and seven rebounds. She dished out two assists and was 5-for-7 from the floor. Anderson was 13-of-18 for 30 points and a game-high eight rebounds. The Catamounts won both games against the Lady Mocs in the regular season and the two tied for the league crown with identical 15-3 records. But Chattanooga would not be denied the third time. Anderson and Hand were each named to the All-Tournament First Team while Hall and Hollinquest were each selected to the Second Team. The Lady Mocs received the leagues automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will discover its fate Monday, March 12 when the NCAA announces the tournament bracket. It will air at 8 p.m. on ESPNHD. Stay tuned for information on the selection show party. The first and second rounds will run March 17 and 19 and will be held in Austin, Texas, Minneapolis, Minn., Stanford, Calif., and Los Angeles. The first and second rounds on March 18 and 20 will be held in East Lansing, Mich., Hartford, Conn., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Raleigh, N.C.
Individual Tournament Records:
Three-Point Field Goals Made: Brooke Hand, 12
Three-Point Field Goal Attempts: Brooke Hand 21
Team Tournament Records:
Most 3-Point Field Goals: Chattanooga, 25
Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: Chattanooga, 69
Southern Conference All-Tournament Team
First Team - Alex Anderson , Chattanooga; Brooke Hand, Chattanooga; Brooke Johnson, Western Carolina; Chevon Keith, Western Carolina; Tiffany Brown, Georgia Southern
Second Team - Laura Hall, Chattanooga; Shanara Hollinquest, Chattanooga; Ashley Pellom, Western Carolina; Kristen Boone, UNC Greensboro; Whitney Tossie, Appalachian State
Most Valuable Player -Alex Anderson, Chattanooga
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Friday, March 2
"Inside-Outside" Game Leads Lady Mocs to SoCon Finals
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| Brooke Hand scores 23 in Win! | |
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Brooke Hand and Alex Anderson combined for 45 points to lead the Lady Mocs past Davidson 80-68 Friday afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum. The win pits Chattanooga against Western Carolina in the finals of the Southern Conference tournament Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Hand was hot from the outside hitting 6-of-11 from beyond the arc to lead all scorers with 23 points while Anderson scored 22 points with inside shooting. Chattanooga had its second day of hot shooting making 27-of-52 from the floor with 11 treys. Chattanooga started out slow falling behind 12-4 in the first four minutes of the game. Following a media timeout, Moore subbed in freshmen Shanara Hollinquest and Jenaya Wade-Fray and the Lady Mocs climbed into the game. UTC took control of the game grabbing a 14-12 lead on a 3-pointer from Anderson with 12:06 to play in the first half. Davidson would tie it up twice after that before the Lady Mocs would go ahead for good, 23-20, on Hand's second trey of the game. Davidson would get no closer than four as Chattanooga built its lead to double digits taking a 45-29 advantage into the lockerroom at halftime. The second half started as slow for the Lady Mocs as the first with the Wildcats scoring the first seven points of the half. Davidson cut the lead to six points with a 19-9 spurt to trail 54-48 with 12:49 to play in the game. Anderson's game cooled in the second half, but Chattanooga continued to bury the Wildcats from the outside going 5-for-12 from 3-point land in the latter stanza. Hollinquest had her best game since returning to the floor after sitting out the month of January with a foot injury. She just missed her fourth double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds, playing 22 minutes. She was 4-for-5 from the floor and 5-of-6 from the free throw line. The Lady Mocs outrebounded Davidson 33-29 and got 28 points from the bench compared to the Wildcats' four. Anderson pulled down six board and dished out three assists, while Laura Hall had five assists. Hand notched four rebounds with two assists and two steals in the game...(Taken from www.GoMocs.com)
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Saturday, February 24
Hand Nabs Southern Conference Career 3-Point Record
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Brooke Hand Sets 3-Point
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Chattanooga womens basketball team downed Wofford 68-49 in front of 1,673 fans Saturday night to claim a share of its eighth consecutive Southern Conference regular season title at the McKenzie Arena. The Lady Mocs close out the season at 15-3 in the SoCon, tied with Western Carolina for the regular season title, a first for the Catamounts. Western Carolina swept both games from UTC this season and earned the top seed in the conference tournament next week in Charleston, S.C. This marks the first time in eight years that the Lady Mocs have received a seed lower than first. After both teams traded shots to open the game, Alex Anderson knocked down the first of her two 3-pointers in the game, sparking a 22-4 run to put the Lady Mocs up 24-6 at the 11:12 mark of the first half. Woffords Liz Miller and Laura Depko hit a pair of treys to trim the lead to 14 at 26-12, but Laura Hall answered with a three of her own with 8:30 to play putting UTC up 29-12. Anderson closed out the half with a pair of shots to give UTC its largest lead of the half putting the Lady Mocs up 40-18 at the break. The Terriers came out strong to start the second half, putting together an 8-2 run to cut the lead to 42-26 over the first 3:36 of the period, but Hall silenced Wofford with a pair of 3-pointers in an 8-0 run to push the lead to its greatest margin at 50-26 with barely more than five minutes played in the half. Wofford would never get any closer than 18 the remainder of the game and Chattanooga would push its advantage to 24 twice more in the contest before claiming a 68-49 win, its closest contest with the Terriers since UTC won 74-56 at home on Feb. 11, 2004. With 2:09 to play in the first half, Brooke Hand drained a 3-pointer to tie for UTC player Katasha Brown for the league career mark of 216. With 7:37 to play in the game, Hand hit her second to claim the record outright and finished with six points. Anderson tallied her 16th double-double of the season with a game-high 17 points and 10 rebounds. Kristen Spann tied her career-best with 14 points and grabbed seven boards with three assists. Hall was the third Chattanooga player in double digits with 13 points going 2-for-2 from the 3-point line. She had five boards and a game-high four assists. Miller led Wofford with 11 points. She had four rebounds and three steals. Kelsi Koenig had a team high five rebounds and Jennifer Weurding scored eight points and had two blocked shots. The Terriers were 19-for-52 from the floor and made just three from 3-point land. Wofford had 18 attempts from the charity stripe, but managed to convert just eight. Chattanooga went 11-for-24 (45.8%) from beyond the arc and 25-of-56 (44.6%) from the floor. The Lady Mocs outrebounded the Terreries 42-28 and scored 15 second chance points off 12 offensive boards...(Taken from www.GoMocs.com)
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Tuesday, February 20
Tiffany McGhee scored a game-high 26 points to lead Stillman against Paine College
Tiffany McGhee scored a game-high 26 points to lead Stillman against Paine College, which also received solid efforts from Vancherika Mitchell (13 points, five steals) and Sylbrena Johnson (11 points). Lakeisha Bell scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to pace Paine. Stillman is a top tier southern liberal arts college... (Taken from the official web site for Stillman Athletics)
Thursday, February 8
Jax State Women Fall to TTU
JACKSONVILLE -- Jacksonville State University's (7-18, 4-12 OVC) women's basketball team dropped its second straight Ohio Valley Conference contest Thursday night in an 85-69 loss to Tennessee Tech inside Pete Mathews Coliseum. ... Ashley Boykin led all Gamecocks in scoring with 17 points on a 4-of-7 shooting performance from behind the 3-point arc and moved into a tie for 5th place at JSU for most 3-pointers made in a single season with 59. Courtney Slaughter extended her consecutive double-digit scoring streak to 10 with 11 points and Tonya McKinney finished with 10.
Wednesday, January 31
Lady Mocs Grab Share of Lead with Win over Elon
ELON, N.C. -- The Chattanooga womens basketball team overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to claim its fourth straight win and a share of first place in the Southern Conference standings with a 58-50 victory over Elon Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium. The Phoenix held Alex Anderson to just two points and four rebounds in the first half. The Stone Mountain, Ga., junior scored 15 points and had 12 rebounds in the second half to get her 12th double-double of the season with 17 points and 16 boards. Jenaya Wade-Fray went 3-for-6 from the 3-point line and netted 12 points on the night. Brooke Hand just missed a double-double with eight points, four assists and a career-high 10 rebounds. Hands pair of 3-pointers put her over the 200 mark for her career, leaving her 15 shy of the SoCon record of 216 set by former teammate Katasha Brown last season. Ashley Huffs shot from beyond the 3-point line at the 4:32 mark gave the Lady Mocs a 23-18 lead, its largest of the first half. However, Elon would shut Chattanooga down for the remainder of the stanza, outscoring UTC 13-0 to take a 31-23 lead at the half. Elon stretched its lead to 35-25 by scoring four of the second halfs first six points, but the Lady Mocs responded with a 17-2 run to take a 42-37 lead with 11:19 to play. Anderson dropped in seven points in the run and Wade-Fray hit two crucial treys. Elon would bounce back and retake the lead at 50-48 with 3:21 to play, but it was the last the Phoenix would score. Anderson hit a layup at the 2:55 mark to tie the game for the fourth time then hit Wade-Fray on a back-door layup at 1:51 to give the Lady Mocs the final lead at 52-50. Anderson hit another jumper and Laura Hall and Tagan Hatchett combined on four free throws to close out the game. The game featured four ties and seven lead changes. Chattanooga won the battle of the boards by a 47-36 margin, but turned the ball over 21 times to the Phoenix 14. ...(Taken from www.GoMocs.com)
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Wednesday, January 31
Haugtvedt scores career-high 19 points
ROCK HILL, SC High Point used a balanced attack as it placed five players in double-figures on its way to a 74-63 victory over a short-handed Winthrop team, Saturday evening at the Winthrop Coliseum...Winthrop was missing two of its top three scorers on the season as Ashley Fann and Franchesca Davenport missed the game with injuries. It is the first game Fann has missed in her career as she played in 49 straight games. Haugtvedt stepped up and poured in a career-high 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting. She also pulled down six rebounds and tied a career-high with three steals. Rodd scored 14-points off the bench and tied a career-best five assists...(Taken from www.winthropeagles.com)
Monday, January 29
Wade-Fray Sinks Greensboro with Career Night
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Freshman Jenaya Wade-Fray scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Chattanooga womens basketball team to an 83-66 Southern Conference win over UNC Greensboro Monday night at Fleming Gymnasium. The loss drops the Spartans to 14-8 overall and 7-4 in league action. The win moves the Lady Mocs to 16-6 on the year and 9-2 in SoCon play. UTC remains locked in a tie for first place with Western Carolina who defeated Elon 77-66 today in Cullowhee, N.C. Davidson had the day off. I told this team they just amaze me, Lady Mocs head coach Wes Moore said. This was a great win for us. We shot the lights out of the ball tonight. What can you say about Jenaya [Wade-Fray]? She did it against Davidson too and these are definitely our two biggest games. Wade-Fray came off the bench hitting a career-high 6-for-6 from beyond the arc and was 8-of-9 from the floor. Alex Anderson just missed a double-double with 23 points and nine boards. She dished out five assists on the night and was 8-for-13 from the field. After leading by a narrow 39-35 margin at halftime, the Lady Mocs pushed its lead to as much as 18 twice in the second half. Both teams combined for five free throws to start the latter period over the first 4:34. While Chattanooga never relinquished its lead, the Spartans pulled to within two at 49-47 at the 11:07 mark on a jumper by Irene Otamiri who had 14 points on the night. Two 3-pointers from Ogan coupled with a three-point play from Amy Mohr pushed the Lady Mocs lead to 58-49. Kristen Boone hit a jumper to cut the lead to 58-51 with 8:23 play, but an 11-0 run by the Lady Mocs put UTC up by a near-insurmountable 69-51 with 5:50 to play. At halftime I told Erin [Ogan] and Kristen Spann theyre doubling on Alex [Anderson] so knock em down. They can both bury the three, Moore said. Amy Mohr did a great job as well. She did a good job of handling the ball and running the team against probably the leagues toughest guard in Kristen Boone. Greensboro would only get as close as 10 for the remainder of the game, but a Wade-Fray bomb sparked a 10-2 run to push the lead back to 18 with 32 seconds remaining. The Lady Mocs converted 17 Spartan turnovers into 22 points and outrebounded UNCG 35-34. Chattanoogas bench outscored Greensboro 45-15.
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Monday, January 15
McKinney's Free Throw Hands JSU 69-68 Victory
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Sophomore guard LaTonya McKinney sank her third and final free throw with four seconds remaining Saturday night to lift Jacksonville State (5-12, 2-6 OVC) over Tennessee State 69-68... Slaughter led the Gamecocks in scoring with 20 points, eclipsing the 20-point mark for the third time this season. She also had six rebounds. Sophomore Ashley Boykin, who was instrumental in a pair of key JSU runs finished with 17 points on a 5-of-6 shooting performance from behind the 3-point line. Efezokhae finished with 11 points and six rebounds and Ashley Clay hauled in seven big rebounds. Both teams got out to a slow start. A combined nine points were scored in the games first five minutes. But the Gamecocks took control of the game following the first media timeout. Sparked by consecutive 3-pointers from Eren McMichael and Ashley Boykin, JSU went on a 17-6 run and took an 21-11 lead with 8:27 remaining in the half... In the second half, TSU took its largest lead of the game at 43-39 with 14:41 remaining. But the lead quickly evaporated after Ashley Boykin hit treys on three consecutive trips down the floor and helped spark the Gamecocks to a 15-4 run and a seven point lead. JSUs defense limited the Lady Tigers to just 39 percent shooting the game, thanks in large part to TSUs ability to connect on just 26 percent of its shots in the first half. The Lady Tigers were an unconscious 54 percent in the second half, but were ust 2-of-9 from the free throw line. The Gamecocks countered by shooting 50 percent from the field itself in the second half, including four crucial 3-point buckets...(Taken from the Official Internet Home of the Jacksonville State University Gamecocks)
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Friday, January 12
Three Lady Mocs in National Rankings
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- In the weekly rankings released Monday, Jan. 8 by the NCAA, juniors Alex Anderson, Laura Hall and Brooke Hand were ranked among the nation's best. Anderson, arguably the best player in the league this season, is ranked among the top 50 in three categories and 52nd in a fourth. Averaging 10.3 rebounds per game, Anderson is listed at 16th. She is 26th in scoring with 19.4 points per game and 50th in blocked shots averaging 1.9. With a field goal shooting percentage of 52.9 percent, she is ranked 52nd in the country. Anderson leads the Southern Conference in scoring and rebounding and is second in blocked shots. Hand leads the conference in 3-point shooting with 50 on the year and is well on her way to breaking the league mark of 216 set last season by teammate Katasha Brown. She is ranked seventh in the nation in 3-pointers made per game and is 71st making 37.7 percent of her attempts from beyond the arc. She is ranked fifth in the league in scoring with 12.3 points per game. Hall cracked the rankings for the first time. She is listed at 91st for assists per game with an average 4.3 dishes per game. She had a career-high 12 assists against Eastern Kentucky in the Courtyard Classic and tallied eight at Appalachian State on Jan. 6 where she scored a career-high 26 points. She is 17th in the league in scoring and sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.10. As a team, the Lady Mocs are ranked 10th in 3-point field goals per game with 7.7, just 2.5 behind national leader Santa Clara. Chattanooga's scoring offense is ranked 44th among the nation's 324 teams and is 52 in both field goal percentage (44.2) and assists per game (15.5). UTC is listed in the top 100 in five other categories. Rebounding margin (4.4), 60th, personal fouls (16.4), 69th, won-lost percentage (66.7), 79th, 3-point field goal percentage (33.9), 80th, and scoring margin (+5.4), 93rd...(Taken from www.GoMocs.com)
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Friday, January 12
Lady Mocs Snap Davidson's Win Streak for Share of SoCon Lead
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- The Chattanooga womens basketball team buried Davidson under a flurry of first-half 3-pointers snapping the Wildcats 10-game win streak and grabbing a share of first place in the Southern Conference with an 89-76 win over the Wildcats at Belk Arena. It was such a big game for us, Lady Mocs head coach Wes Moore said. We beat the team thats playing the best right now on their home court. Im really proud of our kids. Chattanooga (11-5, 4-1 SoCon) drained a SoCon record-tying 15 from beyond the arc with 11 in the first half to take a commanding lead of the game early and never trail. The Lady Mocs started the game outscoring the Wildcats 11-2 in the first 4:14 of the game and forcing five Davidson turnovers and a quick timeout by Wildcat head coach Annette Watts. That didnt stop the momentum as Jenaya Wade-Fray and Kristen Spann hit back-to-back threes to expand the lead to 17-5, forcing Watts to call another 30-second breather. UTC reeled off seven more treys in the first half with Erin Ogans long ranger at 1:47 giving the Lady Mocs their largest lead of the half at 50-31. Chattanooga carried a 50-35 lead into the locker room at intermission. The tempo in the second half was much slower with neither team knocking down many shots at the start. Davidson would get only as close as 12 points, however, as the Lady Mocs maintained the double-digit lead throughout the second half leading by as much as 23 points on a layup from Brooke Hand with 5:16 to play. Alex Anderson tallied her ninth double-double this season with 23 points and 10 rebounds. With her as a threat inside, Hand came alive in the second half making three of her four 3-pointers in the latter period. It all starts with Alex, Moore said. We go inside to her first and then that opens it up and we can go outside. Spann just missed a double-double with 12 points and a career-best nine rebounds. Anderson and Spann each had four assists while Laura Hall, with 17 points and four boards, had three dishes. Wade-Fray was a perfect 5-for-5 from the 3-point line and scored a career-high 15 points. Hand tallied 14 points as the fifth UTC player in double figures. Four hit the mark by halftime.
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Thursday, November 16
Anderson Leads Lady Mocs Past Clemson 73-64
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Chattanooga junior Alex Anderson led all scorers with a career-high 24 points and 18 rebounds as the Lady Mocs downed Clemson 73-64 in a non conference game Thursday night at Littlejohn Coliseum. Its a good win. Anytime you can beat an ACC team, its a good win, Lady Mocs head coach Wes Moore said. I understand that Clemson is going through rebuilding, but a win like this means a lot to our kids and our program. Anderson put together an eight point run at the start of the game to give the Lady Mocs a 10-8 lead then closed out the contest scoring 10 of Chattanoogas last 12 points in the second half. Brooke Hand balanced Andersons inside game, sinking a career-high seven 3-pointers. After missing her first four attempts, the next one tied the game at 24-24. She followed that with another to give UTC (2-1) a 27-24 lead with 4:05 to play in the first half. Hand sank five in the second half for 21 points, shooting 7-of-14 on the night. Im concerned when we only have two people in double figures, Moore said. Thats not the Chattanooga way. Weve been very balanced in the past. We have some other kids who can step up. Laura Hall had a pair of crucial 3-pointers and scored eight points on the night with a team-high four assists. Jenaya Wade-Fray grabbed seven boards, scoring five points while Kristen Spann, making her first start this season, tossed in seven points and had three boards.
...(Taken from http://www.gomocs.com/)
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Wednesday, November 15
JSU Hoops Stays Unbeaten
JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State University womens basketball team won its third consecutive game to start the season Wednesday night with an 84-77 victory over Georgia Southern (1-1) at Pete Mathews Coliseum. JSUs 3-0 start is its best start since the 1989-90 season and its first 3-0 start since joining Division I in 1995-96. For the second straight game, Ashley Boykin led the way for the Gamecocks. Boykin finished the game with 27 points; just two points shy of a career-high, while shooting 64 percent from the field (9 of 14). Over her last two games, Boykin is averaging 22.5 points per game. I hit a couple of shots early and that helped with my confidence a little bit, Boykin said. Luckily, it carried over into the second half. My teammates kept driving and kicking it back out. They were able to find me in some good spots and I knocked the shots down. But Boykin wasnt the only Gamecock to have a big night. Sophomore LaTonya McKinney finished with a career-high 25 points, with six assists and six rebounds. Junior guard Courtney Slaughter chipped in 14 points to go along with nine rebounds and four assists. McKinney and Slaughter have scored in double-digits in all three of JSUs victories this season... JSU will look to continue its winning streak on Friday as it takes to the road to play Southern Miss. The game will be broadcast on the JSU Sports Network and can be heard locally on WLJS FM 91.9.
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Monday, November 13
Late Basket Lifts JSU to Victory
JACKSONVILLE Ashley Boykin buried a 3-pointer with 17 seconds remaining Monday night to lift the Jacksonville State University womens basketball team to a 74-68 win over Birmingham-Southern. With the game tied at 68-68 and just three seconds remaining on the shot clock, Boykin gathered an inbounds pass from Cobie Carlisle at the top of the key, stepped around a BSC defender, drew contact and drained the game-winning shot. Boykin completed the four-point play at the free-throw line. I came off a down screen and (BSC) switched defenders so I had someone in my face, Boykin said. I knew I had to do something with it. I took one dribble to the right and just let it fly and luckily it went in. Boykin led the JSU attack on the night with a team-high 18 points and shot lights-out from the field going 5-for-6 from 3-point land and 6-of-9 overall. As a team the Gamecocks shot and even 50 percent from the field on the evening. Boykins 3-pointer as time wound down is the second time in two games that JSU has hit a 3-point basket in the final 20 seconds to win or tie the game. Mondays late win improves JSU to 2-0 for the first time since joining Division I in the 1995-96 season...(Taken from www.collegesportingnews.news)
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Sunday, November 12
Lady Mocs Net Record in Loss to No. 5 Tennessee
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The Lady Mocs set a 3-point record against Tennessee Sunday night at Thompson-Boling Arena, but couldnt pull it out falling 102-72 in the season-opener for the No. 5-ranked Lady Vols. Brooke Hand led the Lady Mocs (1-1) in scoring with 20 points, knocking down a career-high tying six 3-pointers. She had nearly half as the Lady Mocs hit 13 on the night, the most ever made against Tennessee. It starts with Brooke, Lady Mocs head coach Wes Moore said. Shes phenomenal from outside the line. We ended up with several people hitting 3s for us and thats good news. Hopefully that will open up the inside for us. Hand was 7-of-14 from the floor and 6-for-13 from beyond the arc. Jenaya Wade-Fray had two, including the one that broke the record and Laura Hall, who dished out a game-high six assists, had a pair of treys as well. The Lady Mocs were in the game early, never letting the Lady Vols get more than nine points ahead, but Tennessee (1-0) opened it up with a 17-0 run to take a 26-point lead at the 5:22 mark of the half. Tennessee led by as much as 31 in the opening stanza, carrying a 59-31 lead into the break. In the second half, Tennessee jumped on the Lady Mocs early forcing four straight turnovers six points, spreading its lead to 34 before Hall sank a 3-pointer. Alex Anderson, in foul trouble early, was whistled for a pair in the space of 30 seconds, less than two minutes into the half to foul out. Alex is a competitor and a winner, Moore said. She was probably frustrated with the situation tonight and we had some let downs in other positions. She found herself as the one between them and the bucket and stuck her head in there getting into trouble. At 15:57 of the second half, Tennessees Candace Parker brought the house down, recording the first dunk by a womens player at Thompson-Boling Arena. She forced a turnover in the back court and charged the bucket for the slam. It was her third career. She had two against Army in the opening round of the NCAA tournament last year. Six Lady Vols scored in double digits led by Alexis Hornbuckles 19. She was 6-for-9 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers and went 5-of-7 from the charity stripe. Parker had 15 and Alberta Auguste scored 13 for UT. Shannon Bobbitt had a pair of 3-pointers, scoring 12 on the night while Dominique Redding and Sidney Spencer had 11 and 10 respectively. The Lady Mocs outrebounded Tennessee 37-27, pulling down 16 offensive boards. Kristen Spann had a game-high eight rebounds, the most in her career. Erin Ogan, Wade-Fray and Shanara Hollinquest each had five in the game. Alex Fuller had a team-high five for the Volunteers and Hornbuckle had four. Tennessee outscored UTC 38-14 in the paint and had 40 points off 26 Chattanooga turnovers. Chattanooga had 14 second chance points to UTs 11 and scored 29 off the bench. Im proud of our kids, Moore said. We talked at halftime about not giving up. I think our kids represented Chattanooga well. We really appreciate the fans whocame here today. The Lady Mocs will stay on the road to take on Clemson on Thursday. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. Call 266-MOCS for ticket information.
..(Taken from www.gomocs.com)
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Sunday, November 12
Ashley Fann Leads Winthrop With 14 Points; Is Named To All-Classic Team
LOUISVILLE, KYDayton jumped off to a quick 6-2 lead and never trailed as the Flyers defeated Winthrops Lady Eagles 55-42 Sunday night on the final day of the University of Louisville Cardinal Classic. Winthrop finished third in the four-team tournament. Winthrop (1-2) will now prepare for its next game against Binghamton in the first round of the 2006 Florida Atlantic Classic this Friday night in Boca Raton. Just as they did in Saturdays loss to Louisville, the Lady Eagles got off to a slow start due to poor shooting and found themselves down 9-2 in the opening three minutes. Winthrop again failed to reach the 30 percent accuracy mark as they finished the night shooting 29.2 percent (14-48), but sophomore Ashley Fann kept the Lady Eagles to within striking distance at halftime as she converted 8 of 10 free throws to keep Daytons lead at 28-20 at intermission. Fann finished the night with a team-high 14 points and was selected on the All-Classic Team. Dayton (2-1), which finished second in the classic, never put the game away until the final six minutes when it took its first double-digit lead of the game at 11 (46-35) on a bucket by Nikki Oakland. A 3-pointer from Tiffany Rodd cut the deficit back to eight at 46-38 with 4:21 left, but that would be as close as the Lady Eagles could get. A three-point play by Brittany Holterman, the games leading scorer with 15 points, and a free throw from Oakland gave the Flyers their largest lead of the game at 52-38 with just 2:41 left to play. Despite shooting just 20 percent from the floor in the first half (5 for 25), Winthrop still felt it had a shot at Dayton as the second half started. Franchesca Davenport drew Winthrop to within five with an early 3-pointer and following a UD basket. Fann scored inside to pull the Lady Eagles to within five again at 30-25. But five points would be as close as Winthrop could get the remainder of the game. Winthrop last trailed by five at 34-29 on a jumper from Rodd. You have to give credit to Dayton, said Winthrop head coach Bud Childers. They were very physical with us tonight. In regard to the poor shooting performance, Childers said his team had a lot of good looks but the physical pressure from Dayton gave his young team a lot of trouble. We just didnt answer the call like I wouldve liked. Dayton really handed it to us physically, he said. When you dont make shots, that just magnifies everything else, said Childers, and with a young team like ours that really becomes a problem. All of our players are capable of making shots, but tonight it just wasnt there. While the Lady Eagle coach was concerned with his teams offensive performance, he was pleased with the defensive effort. Defensively, 55 points and 37 percent shooting, Ill take that every night, but weve just got to make more shots, he said. In addition to Fanns 14 points, Rodd was also in double figures with 12 and she led Winthrop in rebounding with eight. Oakland had a double-double for Dayton as she scored 10 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds to lead her team to a 38-32 advantage on the boards.
Courtyard by Marriott Louisville Airport/Cardinal Classic All-Tournament Team
Ashley Armstrong, Dayton
Nikki Oakland, Dayton
Ashley Fann, Winthrop
Helen Johnson, Louisville
Brandie Radde, Louisville
Angel McCoughtry, Louisville -- MVP
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Saturday, November 11
Ashley Thornton had her first career double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the second time in as many nights, an early first half deficit was too much for the young Lady Tiger basketball team (0-2) to overcome, but not before Memphis showed its scoring ability and turned up some defensive pressure of their own. The Dayton Flyers were true to their nickname to start the game, using pressure to force Memphis in to five turnovers in its first six possessions. Lady Tiger head coach Blair Savage-Lansden called her first time out at the 19:16 mark in the first, trying to get her young team, which featured three newcomers starting the game, settled down. Memphis settled down a bit when senior center Megan Gooch put in her first points of the game with a lay-up, but Memphis had no answer for the slashing Flyer guards until Savage kept subbing in different line-ups and hit on the combination of Ashley Thornton and Aroha Jennings teamed with freshmen Hope Adams, Adria Phillips and Se'erra Fantroy. That combination of players turned up the defensive pressure and sparked a 14-0 Memphis run that cut the halftime deficit to 54-35. "I thought that young line-up that we went with late in the first half did some great work," Savage said. "Hope Adams goes in and is always a coachable kid and Ashley Thornton had played at such a high intensity level the entire game, that bunch of players really fed off that emotion and responded and sparked our run there to end the first half." By the late first half, Memphis was dictating the tempo, slowing down the Flyer guards and finally shutting down the tosses to the outside wings off a screen to force Dayton deeper in to their offense and more turnovers. At the half, Thornton already had a double-double in the books for Memphis, with 15 points and 10 rebounds, finishing the night with a game-high 21 points and 13 rebounds for the night as Dayton adjusted to her spark during the half, employing double and triple teams to slow her down. But the 19 first half turnovers for Memphis gave Dayton enough of a cushion to weather foul trouble, as both Kelly Keil and Amber Peterink fouled out of the game. Jennifer Strong slashed her way to a team-high 19 points for Dayton, while Ashley Armstrong hit 16 points. The Flyers shot 57.1 percent from the floor, negating a 47-29 Lady Tiger rebounding advantage. In addition to Thornton's 21 points, junior Aroha Jennings added 13 points, while freshmen Hope Adams, Robin Jones, and Adria Phillips all scored their first collegiate points in the Dayton game. Freshman Se'erra Fantroy added four assists and five rebounds in 24 minutes of play while battling the physical Flyer guards.
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Tuesday, November 7
Haugtvedt Strong Inside; Records 8 Points, 4 Rebounds
LOUISVILLE, KY After falling behind 22-9 in the first 10 minutes of the game, Winthrop struggled to make up ground as they went on to fall to Louisville 69-45 in the Cardinal Classic. One night after opening a large margin on the opponent, the Lady Eagles fell victim to the same defensive pressure it dealt in Fridays win over Memphis. Winthrop (1-1) only managed to score 14 points in the opening period and committed 13 turnovers which led to 19 points for the Cardinals, who move to 2-0 on the season. I think you saw a group of players tonight that were a little bit uncomfortable in this environment in the first half. The crowd was pretty intense, head coach Bud Childers said. Louisville played their game and we fell prey to a few things were doing. We missed a few shots early and they got a few easy ones on us. The game was a tale of two halves. Trailing 39-14 at the half, Winthrop refused to let the game go and showed signs of persistence in the second half and came out on top 31-30 in the period. Ashley Fann led the Lady Eagles with nine points and five rebounds while Yvonne van Daalen added five points and four rebounds in limited action. Van Daalen found herself in foul trouble and yielded the point guard position to Kathi Ryska, who played well after being forced into action. We didnt look very comfortable offensively and thats what happens when you have young kids, Childers said of his Lady Eagles, who is the youngest team in the country. You have to credit Louisville. Tom (Collen) has some outstanding athletes and tip your hat to them. Childers gave his freshmen some valuable experience down the stretch and at several times in the second half he had five freshmen on the floor at a time. I like the way our freshmen played the last six minutes of the game, he said. They were running our stuff and well grow from this, well learn from this. Louisville placed three players in double figures and were led by Angel McCoughtry with 14 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Yuliya Tokova recorded a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds while Brandi Radde added 12 points on 4-of-10 from behind the arc...(Taken from www.winthropeagles.com)
Monday, November 13
ASU nets overtime victory over West Georgia 55-45 in exhibition opener
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Alabama State University basketball fans got a sneak peek into the future Tuesday night as the Lady Hornets hosted the West Georgia Wolves in an exhibition game kicking off the 2006-07 season. Newcomers Essence Butler, Assunta Fulgham and Jasmon Hazley combined for 46 points as ASU outlasted WGU in overtime 55-45. The Lady Hornets started slowly and found themselves in a 15-5 hole after the first 10 minutes. Slowly but surely the ASU women settled in and whittled the lead to 21-15 at the half. After firing up jump shots and shooting only 19 percent in the first half, the Lady Hornets started going inside and discovered an inside scoring option in 6-2 freshman Assunta Fulgham, who battled her way to a 16-point, seven-rebound debut. The Lady Wolves began racking up fouls, allowing the Lady Hornets a huge advantage from the free-throw line. ASU went 29-42 from the charity stripe while WGU manage only 10-15. Essence Butler (16 points) and Jazmon Hazley (10 points, three assists) also played big roles in the ASU coming-out party. Valeisa Crenshaw had 11 points for the Wolves. Rita Grayson and Alexis Pace each chipped in eight.
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Wednesday, April 19
Wade-Fray Added to Mocs '06-'07 Roster
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Chattanooga womens basketball head coach Wes Moore added Bob Jones guard Jenaya Wade-Fray to his 2006-07 roster today, the first day of the late signing period. The 5-9 Wade-Fray was named Super All-Metro in both her junior and senior seasons and was selected to play in the North-South Alabama All-Star game. She was named a Class 6A All-State Hororable Mention as a junior and was named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State basketball Super Five Second Team as a senior. In her sophomore season, Wade-Fray was named the All-Region Most Valuable Player. The Patriots were ranked eighth in Alabama and closed out the year with a record of 27-8 behind the coaching of Scott St. John. Wade-Fray joins Tagan Hatchett and Shanara Hollinquest who signed with the Lady Mocs in the early signing period last fall.
Monday, March 13
Ashley Fann, 2005-06 Freshman of the Year
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ROCK HILL, SC-- The Winthrop women's basketball team earned six conference honors as the league office announced the all-big south teams and individual awards Monday afternoon. "We're all thrilled to get so much recognition to our team," said head coach Bud Childers, who captured his 400th career victory on Friday with the win over High Point. Freshman Ashley Fann pulled in three awards as she was named to the All-Big South second team, All-Freshman Team and was selected as the 2005-06 Freshman of the Year. Fann led the team in scoring at 12.5 points a game and was second on the team in rebounding at 7.0. She was one of the top three-point shooters in the league and led the team in scoring 10 times. She is the second Winthrop player to ever garner the award. "She deserves to be the freshman of the year," said Childers. "I think she has proven herself night in and night out that she is one of the top 10 players in this league." Fann was also recently named was named to the BSC All-Tournament Team. In two games Fann averaged 12 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 4.5 steals in 35 minutes a game during tournament play. She shot 36 percent from the field and 50 percent from the three-point line. She is not only the first freshman but also the first Lady Eagle to be named to the all-tournament team since the 1996-97 season.
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Tuesday, March 14
ACCC Announces Women's All-Region and All Tournament Teams
All Region 22 Team
Emily Mason,Gadsden State
Richere Harrison,Enterprise Ozark
Maria Grimes,Gadsden State
Elicia Lynch,Faulkner State
Tomorrow Toney,Northwest Shoals
Nina Robinson,Alabama Southern
Tamika Dukes,Wallace State Hanceville
Rotesha Anderson,Southern Union
Britteny Henderson,Bevill State Fayette
Shaquita Bell,Shelton State
All Northern League
1st Team
Emily Mason,Gadsden State- Player of the Year
Maria Grimes,Gadsden State
Tomorrow Toney,Northwest Shoals
Tamika Dukes,Wallace State Hanceville
Brittany Henderson,Bevill State Fayette
Shaquita Bell,Shelton State
Kristi Martin,Shelton State
Julie Andrews,Snead State
Courtney Billingsley,Lawson State
Melody Hudson,Shelton State.
Friday, March 10
Anthony, Thornton, Ross garner Big South Conference post-season honors
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Heading into the 2006 Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Championships, the Birmingham-Southern womens basketball team landed three players on the post-season honors list. Senior Stacey Anthony was named Second Team All-Conference, Ashley Thornton was named to the All-Freshman squad, and sophomore Reba Ross was named to the Academic All-Conference team. Thornton is averaging 7.2 points and 4.2 rebounds a game after missing the first seven games of the season due to a knee injury. The forward from Pinson, Ala., posted two straight career-high scoring games with 11 points, Jan. 14, and then 17 points, Jan. 16, and pulled down a career-high eight boards twice in a row on Feb. 13 & 18. Thornton has had four double-figure scoring games, and has led the team in scoring three times and rebounding twice. She shot .400 or better in 11 of 20 games this season, and shot .500 or better in 10 of those games. Thornton was named Big South Freshman of the week twice (Jan. 23 & Feb. 13) this season.
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Friday, March 10
Fann, Carey Lead Lady Eagles To Semi-Finals
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ROCK HILL, SCWinthrop placed three players in double figures and broke open a tight game in the final 10 minutes against Radford to claim a 55-44 victory Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the Advanced Auto Parts Womens Basketball Championship. The Lady Eagles advance to Friday nights semifinals in Lynchburg, Virginia against top-seeded Liberty at 6 p.m. Winthrop (14-14), the No. 4-seed, outscored No. 5 seed Radford 19-10 in the final 10:13 of the game to capture its first conference tournament win since 2002 and become the winningest team in school history since becoming a NCAA Div. I member in 1986. Ashley Fann, the Big South Freshman of the Year, scored a game-high 14 points to lead the Lady Eagles while Ashley Carey scored 12 and Iva Milevoj added 10. Radford (14-14) was led in scoring by Serena White with 12 points and Johnette Walker with 10. The Lady Eagles took advantage of a slow start by the Highlanders to jump out to a 15-3 lead in the opening 8:28 of the game as five different players got into the scoring column. Fann and Ashley Carey had five each during the early spurt. Radford finally found its shooting touch on back-to-back 3-pointers by White and Tameisha Carter to trim the deficit to six at 15-9 with 10:02 left in the half, but Winthrops Carey drilled back-to-back treys to put the Lady Eagles up by double digits again at 21-11 at the 6:48 mark. Radford refused to go away and outscored Winthrop 10-2 in the final 5:39. White scored back-to-back 3-pointers and Sarah Stephens scored on two inside baskets to pull the Highlanders to within two points at intermission. Winthrop never gave up the lead in the second half, but Radford did manage to tie the game twice and keep the game close until Winthrop made its final run. The Lady Eagles held Radford scoreless for nine minutes, outscoring the Highlanders 10-0 to take a commanding 48-34 lead on Milevojs free throw with 1:06 left in the contest. Winthrops defense held Radford to 26.8 percent field goal shooting (15-56) and outrebounded the Highlanders 45-37. The Lady Eagles did not shoot the ball particularly well either (35.2 percent on 19-54), but outscored RU 12-5 on second chance points.
Winthrop Freshman Ashley Fann Quotes:
I was very nervous. I had a teammate tell me that I missed nine layups, which is not good news, but I plan on correcting that. It was exciting. Coach told me before the game to enjoy it, and thats what I did. My role tonight was to motivate my team, and I had as exciting a time doing that as winning. It was exciting to get the meaning of tournament play, and I really cant express how it feels.
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Sunday, March 5
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga wins Conference Tourney 91-79
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The Chattanooga Lady Mocs settled for a berth in the Women's National Invitation Tournament last year. Not this time around. This time they did one better. Tiffani Roberson scored 20 points and Chattanooga beat North Carolina-Greensboro 91-79 Sunday night in the Southern Conference tournament title game, sending the Lady Mocs to the NCAA tournament with the nation's longest winning streak. ``There was a lot of pressure after what happened a year ago and after going undefeated in the conference,'' Chattanooga coach Wes Moore said. ``It was a good way to finish it off.'' Chattanooga (27-3), which has won 26 straight games, made its first seven 3-pointers and led 49-35 at the half. The Lady Mocs, the tournament's top seed and averaging eight 3-pointers a game, went 12-of-25 from behind the arc. Chattanooga, which swept the conference season at 16-0, got a scare in Saturday's semifinals, slipping by fifth-seeded Western Carolina 77-73. The Lady Mocs led by as many as 20 in the first half Sunday, but the Lady Spartans did not go away either. Led by Irene Otamiri's 20 points, Greensboro closed to within three points with just over 4 minutes left. But they couldn't get any closer. ``We knew eventually they would make a run,'' Roberson said. ``It was up to us to contain them and keep our composure because we knew we were going to make a run too.'' The Lady Mocs finished with 30 points in the paint and shot 53 percent from the field. Greensboro coach Lynne Agee said the Lady Spartans didn't come out with the same intensity as Chattanooga. ``We were in deep trouble. The first seven 3's were probably the ball game,'' she said. Roberson was named the most outstanding player of the tournament. Alex Anderson added 16 points for the Lady Mocs while Brooke Hand had 15, including four 3-pointers. Kristen Boone had 17 points for Greensboro and KaLeah Latham added 15. ``We knew we had to stay out on their shooters and we didn't do a very good job of that,'' Boone said. Chattanooga improved to 10-0 in the Southern Conference tournament championship game. The Lady Mocs defeated North Carolina-Greensboro three times this season. Greensboro's wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals were the school's first wins in the Southern Conference tournament in four years. Chattanooga's longest winning streak was 27 games in the 2003-04 season...(Taken from the USA Today)
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Monday, February 20
JSU's Ashley Boykin Earns OVC Honor
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. - Jacksonville State's Ashley Boykin has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week, the league office announced on Monday. It marks the second time this season the Hayelville native has earned the award. Boykin averaged 24.5 points per game last week as the Gamecocks posted a 1-1 record. She scored a career-high 29 points against Morehad State, including 19 in the first half. The freshman guard shot 60 percent from the field, including 4-for-4 from behind the arc. In JSU's 79-77 win over Eastern Kentucky, she recorded 20 points, hitting 58.3 percent of her shots. Jacksonville State returns to action with a pair of OVC road games this week. The Gamecocks travel to Eastern Illinois on Thursday and play their regular-season finale on Saturday at Southeast Missouri State. Both games can be heard on the JSU radio network.
Tuesday, February 14
Thornton earns second Big South Freshman of the Week honor
CHARLOTTE, N.C. For the second time this season, Ashley Thornton was named Big South Conference New Balance Freshman of the Week, announced today by the league office. Thornton, a guard from Pinson, Ala., averaged 11.0 points per game as the Panthers went 2-0 on the week, including a key road conference win at Winthrop to move BSC into a three-way tie for third in the Big South standings. She poured in 14 points on 3-of-3 from the floor (100 percent) and 8-of-11 from the line (73 percent) against Savannah State on Feb. 8. For the week, she connected on 7-of-9 from the floor (78 percent) and 8-of-12 from the charity stripe (67 percent), while picking up eight rebounds, two steals, and one assist.
Thursday, February 2
JSU's Ashley Boykin Earns OVC Honor
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. Jacksonville State freshman Ashley Boykin has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week, the league office announced on Monday. The Haleyville, Ala., native averaged a team-best 18.5 points last week as JSU recorded victories over Austin Peay and UT Martin. In the game with APSU, she led the team with 19 points, shooting 75 percent from the floor, 80 percent from behind the arc and 75 percent from the line. Boykin again led the team with 18 points against UT Martin. For the week, the guard shot 60 percent from the floor while hitting 83.3 percent of her free throw attempts and 57.1 percent of her three-point field goals. It marks the second straight week a JSU player was named Freshman of the Week after LaTonya McKinney earned the honor last week. Jacksonville State returns home on Thursday against Eastern Illinois. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. at Pete Mathews Coliseum.
Friday, January 27
A Fann of the game
Giving up pompoms for basketballs easy for freshman standout
By Earl Gault The Herald, (Published January 27 2006)
As a youngster in her hometown of Hazel Green, Ala., Ashley Fann really wanted to play basketball. But at 6 years old, she was too young. So Fann found an alternative, or at least she thought she did -- cheerleading. "Big mistake," Fann's mother, Teresa Smith, said, laughing. "She was a cheerleader who was watching the basketball game. It was like, 'Ashley, you need to cheer.' Of course, she didn't want to. 'I want to play.'" The cheerleading experience is etched in her brain, from the nickname of the boys team, the Chiefs, to the color of the uniforms, blue. "I still remember it to this day," Fann said. "I remember sitting on the bleachers and I had the shoes on with the little pompom things. (The Chiefs) didn't win a game. I wouldn't cheer. I would just watch in awe. And that's why I decided I wanted to play basketball. Those poor boys couldn't win a game." Smith and Fann's father, Tom Fann, were sticklers for one thing -- if you start something, you complete it. Fann was told that if she finished the cheerleading stint she'd never have to do it again. "And she never did," Smith said. Cheerleading's loss has definitely been basketball's gain, especially at Winthrop, where Fann, a freshman starter, has helped the Lady Eagles to a 9-8 record, including a surprising 3-1 start in the Big South Conference. They won their first two BSC games this year, something that had never been accomplished, and put together a five-game winning streak, the longest since 2001-02. After passing on the pom-poms, Fann went on to a star-studded career at Hazel Green High School, scoring 1,894 points, 1,407 rebounds, 313 assists and 106 blocked shots. The 5-foot-11 Fann was a first-team Class AAAAAA all-state pick three straight years. "She started for me as a ninth-grader," veteran Hazel Green High School coach Ron King said. "She's kind of one of those once-in-a-lifetime players. You really know that she's a great player. Not only as a player, she's a leader at practice, games and then when you lose her, you find out how much she did mean to you." King met Fann while teaching at a middle school. Fann, tall for her age, was in the second or third grade. "She got out of the car one morning," King recalled, "and I said, 'Girl, you're going to be a good basketball player, aren't you?' She said, 'Yes, sir.' From day one it was 'Yes, sir, and no, sir." Fann had always wanted to play Division I basketball, but no coach came to Hazel Green, near Huntsville, knocking on her door with a scholarship in hand. "This (Winthrop) is really the only school that gave me the opportunity," Fann said. "I've still got a long way to go as a player. But it comes with time." Winthrop coach Bud Childers has to thank Randy Milligan, one of his former graduate student assistants at Murray State and Louisville, for alerting him to the cheerleader turned jump shooter. Milligan lives in Hazel Green and knew about Fann. He telephoned Childers in the latter part of 2004 and offered a scouting report on Fann and teammate, center Ashley Haugtvedt, who is also a freshman at Winthrop. "Randy has recommended a couple of kids to me and he's never been wrong," Childers said. "So I got a couple of game tapes from coach King. I liked what I saw so I drove down there and watched them play in the third round of the playoffs. Boy, I just liked her and I liked Ashley H too. Fann was versatile and you could see the passion she played with. "She came up here a couple of weeks later on her visit and you could just tell this kid was going to be a leader. Not only was she very skilled but you could tell she had a presence about her. I just felt like that was almost like icing on top of the cake right there." Other Division I schools probably failed to recruit her because she is considered a "tweener," not big enough to play the post and perhaps a step slow to be a guard. "Exactly," Childers said. "I've talked to 10 coaches that said, 'Boy, I just didn't see what you saw in that kid.' There were a lot of fence-sitters. She's 5-11 1/2. She played kind of the way we're using her right now, little bit at the post, little bit at forward. She's not going to win any road races. She's not going to win the high jump. She could barely jump over the Rock Hill phone book. "But, she's a ballplayer." Childers grew up in Indiana and played high school ball against Larry Bird, so he understands how much jumping means sometimes. "He couldn't jump either and he did all right for himself," Childers said. "Fann kind of has a little bit of that game." Fann and fellow freshman Tiffany Rodd lead the scoring for the Lady Eagles at 12.2 points a game. Fann is averaging 7.1 rebounds a game, second on the team. She's been named Big South Conference freshman of the week three times. Despite what he saw. Childers says she's developed quicker than expected. "A little bit. A little bit," Childers admitted. "Sometimes when freshmen have to fight their way to the floor they don't get a chance to show what they've got. In our case, we've just thrown 'em to the wolves. "But the biggest mistake I made this year was not putting her out there sooner. I tried to ease her into it. The first three or four games she looked lost. When I made the decision at Charlotte to start her, you could see everything just settle down for her." Beyond basketball, Fann is a solid student -- "conscientious and spiritual," Childers said. "She's going to make her mark here on campus in other ways than just basketball," Childers said. The traits aren't something acquired overnight. According to her mother, she's had them all of her life, in the classroom, on the court and in the community. "She's made good grades, never got into any trouble. Been a great kid," Smith said. "We tried to express that it was most important to make good grades and basketball was extra, a bonus for her good work." Basketball and academics are a big part of her life, but so are other things. King, her high school coach, said "she's got her life lined up and knows what she wants," with basketball mixing easily with her religion and education. "She's an outstanding person," King said. Away from the court, Fann has a special relationship with Matt Reed, a cerebral palsy victim who helped coach the Hazel Green girls team last year and was in her Hazel Green graduating class. "He came into my life my senior year," Fann said. "I had always gone to high school with him, but never really had that relationship -- too busy or whatever." Reed's aunt, who attends the same church as Fann, asked the Trojans' coaching staff if Reed could help with the girls team. "At first, we were like, 'This is good,'" Fann recalled. "But we didn't realize how awesome it was to build a relationship with him, just go through a season with him. "He really knows the game. He knows it better than anybody I've ever been around. If only he wasn't in a wheelchair he could do so many things. He loves the game. "One of the things he's always said, 'You know when I go to heaven I'm going to get a new body. I'm going to be able to play basketball. I'm going to be able to walk around and do these things.'" Fann, who rates religion, family and basketball, in that order, says Reed has shown her much about life. "Just to have that relationship with him made me never take for granted the gifts that God has given me, just to go out every day and play basketball and just to get up every morning and walk around," Fann said. Reed watched Winthrop play at Birmingham-Southern earlier this year. When Fann saw him in the corner she "almost started crying." "He's awesome," she said. The Hazel Green community hasn't forgotten Fann or Haugtvedt, traveling to Austin Peay and Birmingham-Southern to watch the two favorite daughters play. Coaches, friends, family members and church members donned Winthrop T-shirts. "We're pretty proud of her," Tom Fann said. "She's always been a kid that everybody liked. She got along with everybody and she'd always take to the people who weren't always in the group, the mainstream of school, always made them feel welcome. "I love her as my daughter and everything, but she has a good heart. That's probably the biggest thing about her."
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Monday, January 23
Thornton named Big South Freshman of the Week
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After scoring a career-high 17 points against High Point, Monday, Jan. 16, Birmingham-Southern womens basketball freshman Ashley Thornton was named Big South Conference New Balance Freshman of the Week, announced today by the league office. Thornton, a forward/guard from Pinson, Ala., posted two break-out games on the week, doubling her season scoring average with her 12.0 points per game. Against High Point on Jan. 16, she poured in 17 points on 6-of-9 from the floor (67 percent) and 5-of-8 from the line (62 percent). Thornton also came up with four rebounds, while handing out one assist and picking up one steal in the match-up. Five days later against Charleston Southern, Thornton tossed up seven points on 3-of-3 from the field and 1-of-1 from the free throw line, while notching one rebound and one assist. For the week, she shot 75 percent from the floor and 67 percent from the line while posting five rebounds, two assists and one steal...(Taken from the official site of Birmingham-Southern Athletics)
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Saturday, January 21
Elite 12U team enjoy being guest of Chattanooga Lady Mocs
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The Alabama Elite 12U team were invited to be the guests of the Chattanooga Lady Mocs at the College of Charleston game. The girls were there to see Elite '86 alumni Brooke Hand and she didn't disappoint. As we walked into the game, Brooke nailed two NBA length three pointers in route to a 14 point game with 4 threes. The 14-3 Lady Mocs won the game 89-41 and pushed their current winning streak to 13 games. Wins during the streak include Auburn and UAB. Their three losses were to Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, and Indiana State. Brooke is currently the team's leading 3 point shooter with 45 threes and ranks third on the team in total points.
Lady Mocs Down Cougars 89-41 at Home
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Lady Mocs remained perfect in Southern Conference action with an 89-41 win over the College of Charleston Saturday night at the McKenzie Arena. Senior guard Katasha Brown led all scorers with 15 points and tied her season high with seven rebounds to lead the Lady Mocs to their 13th consecutive win, tied for third longest in school history. Chattanooga is 14-3 overall and 8-0 in SoCon play. The Cougars fall to 7-9 overall and 4-4 in league play. Brooke Hand, Alex Anderson and Tiffani Roberson each chipped in 14 points for the Lady Mocs. Hand drained four from beyond the 3-point arc and Anderson was 5-of-7 from the field with nine rebounds. Roberson pulled down six boards and went 6-for-11 on the night... The Lady Mocs grabbed a season-high 50 rebounds and held the Cougars to just 38. Chattanooga had a season-low eight turnovers with just three in the second half and scored 27 points off 24 College of Charleston turns. From the bench, UTC outscored the Cougars 41-19 and hit more in the paint, 34-16. The 48-point win was UTCs largest against a conference opponent and was the third worst loss suffered by the Cougars since moving to Division I. Marketta Talley led Charleston with eight points. Anne Hunter had six points and four rebounds while Ashley Jenkins had a team-high eight boards...(Game details taken from the official website of UTC Athletics)
Monday, January 9
Alabama Elite at Division 1 Winthrop
This is just a preview of some of the Winthrop Headlines...
Fann Pulls Down Career-Best 17 Rebounds
...Fann added nine points, three assists, three steals and a career-high 17 rebounds on 01-09-06!
Fann Scores 25 To Lead Winthrop
Winthrop overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half thanks to 14 points by Ashley Fann that sparked a 22-7 run and put the Lady Eagles up 52-50 with 8:45 to go... Fann led all scorers with 25 points...
Fann Adds 13 Points, 6 Assists
...Ashley Fann added 13 to lead Winthrop to a 60-44 victory over IPFW, Friday afternoon at Hilliard Gates Sports Center... Ashley Haugtvedt added 10 points for Winthrop off the bench and also pulled down six rebounds... Fann pulled down eight rebounds and dished out six assists!
Fann Named New Balance Co-Freshmen of the Week In The Big South
ROCK HILL, SC-- Winthrop freshman Ashley Fann was named New Balance Co-Freshmen of the Week in the Big South Conference on Monday. Fann, from Hazel Green, AL, averaged 14 points in the two-game stretch last week. She also averaged 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 steals, 0.5 blocks and 0.5 assists. She scored a caree-best 16 points against Livingstone College to lead Winthrop to its first victory of the season. On the week she was 11-for-20 from the field and was 5-for-10 from behind the arc.
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Friday, December 23
Emily Mason to attend Carson-Newman
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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles basketball program have inked the first two additions for the 2006-07 season, C-N head coach Dean Walsh announced today...
Emily Mason is a 5-11 power forward from Gadsden State Community College in Gadsden, Ala., currently ranked 18th in the nation in junior college basketball. She is currently averaging 12 points and 11 rebounds a contest this season while playing a little more than half a game due to their team's success in 2005. Last year, Mason averaged 12.3 points and 9.3 rebounds while shooting 54% from the field. She helped guide her team to the NJCAA National tournament, where she had a 14-point, 11-rebound performance against #7 Panola College. Mason was named the ACCC tournament MVP after her 22-point, 10-rebound performance in the conference championship game. She was All Conference and third in the conference in rebounding. In high school at Lauderdale County, Mason averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds a game and was a two time AHSAA State 3A Tournament team member, 2002-03 AHSAA State 3A State Tournament team MVP, and AHSAA 3A Northwest Regional MVP. She was named All-State twice, was a member of the North-South All Star game and was selected and started in the Mississippi-Alabama All Star game where she scored 11 points and pulled down seven rebounds... Emily is going to be a much needed addition to our post game. She scores in so many ways that it makes her a tough match up for her defender. She has a soft touch along with physical strength that is second to none...(Taken from Carson-Newman Lady Eagles basketball web site)
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Thursday, December 15
Hand Tabbed Baden Southern Conference Player of the Week
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Southern Conference today named Chattanooga guard Brooke Hand as the Baden SoCon Womens Basketball Player of the Week for games played December 6-12. Hand, a sophomore guard from Moulton, Ala., scored a career-high and league season-high 27 points in Chattanoogas 104-58 conference win over Wofford on Saturday, December 10. In her first collegiate start, Hand nabbed four 3-pointers, while shooting 9-for-13 from the field and pulling down a season-best five boards. The four 3-pointers moved Hand to 10th all-time in the Chattanooga history books in 3-pointers made. Hand has racked up 72 over the course of her career, including a team-best 15 in 2005-06. Her 57 in 2004-05 was a team-high and freshman record. The Lady Mocs will take on UNC Asheville Wednesday, Dec. 14 in the North Carolina mountains. It will be the third meeting between the two schools. The last time was Dec. 20, 1997. UTC has won both contests. Game time is set to tip-off at 7 p.m. Listen to Larry Ward with all the action live on WDOD 1310-AM. The pregame show begins at 6:30 p.m.
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Thursday, December 15
Freshman Hits School Record Eight Threes In Win Over Norfolk State
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ROCK HILL, SC-- Ashley Fann was selected as the New Balance Freshman of the Week in the Big South for the second consecutive week. Fann, from Hazel Green, AL, averaged 19.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.5 steals a game last week as the Lady Eagles went 1-1. Against Charlotte, Fann posted her first career double-double with 15 points and 10 boards. She was 6-of-9 from the floor (66 percent) and 2-of-4 (50 percent) from behind the arc as the Eagles lost to the 49ers, 59-57. On Sunday against Norfolk State, Fann scored a career-high 24 points on 8-of-16 from the floor (50 percent) and 8-of-13 from three point land (62 percent). In her last four games, Fann has averaged 16.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.5 steals a game. She's shooting 56 percent from the field and three-point line in that span. Overall, Fann is second on the team with 11.4 points a game. She's also averaging 5.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.9 steals a game. She is shooting 45 percent from the floor and an impressive 53 percent from behind the arc (18-34).
2005-06 Freshman of the Week
Nov. 28 - Megan Frazee, Liberty
Dec. 5 - Moriah Frazee, Liberty AND Ashley Fann, Winthrop
Dec. 12 - Ashley Fann, Winthrop
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Tuesday, December 13
Lady Bulldogs Sign All-Star Recruiting Class For 2006-07
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CHANNA CAMPBELL, 6-2, Forward, West Limestone HS/Lester, Ala.
The fourth signee, Channa Campbell is a native of Lester, Ala., and attends West Limestone High School. She is in her fifth season with the Wildcats, having played varsity basketball since her eighth grade year. She led the Wildcats to a 17-11 record her junior year campaign, averaging 25.2 ppg and 13.9 rpg. She was named to the Limestone County all-Tournament team, Class 3A Area 15 all-Area and Class 3A all-State. She is a four-time member of the Limestone County all-Tournament team, a three-time Class 3A all-Area player and named Class 4A all-Area her eighth grade year. She was named Class 3A all-State three times, second-team honors her sophomore season and honorable mention her freshman year and three times named to the Northwest Region all-Tournament team. She was twice named to the Decatur Daily all-Area team. She averaged 23.2 ppg and 9.5 rpg her sophomore campaign. In 2004 she was also named the Birmingham News Player of the Week, Limestone County MVP and Decatur Daily Girls all-Area first team. Her freshman season she was named to the Athens News Courier all-Region team, and Athens News Courier all-Limestone County first team and Limestone County Coaches all-County team her eighth grade year. In addition to her basketball honors, Campbell is a two-time Class 3A Area 15 all-Area volleyball player and Class 3A all-State volleyball player. She is a member of the Senior Beta Club, Spanish Club and a DAR Good Citizen. "Channa is a true post player who knows how to pin you on the rim and score," said Fanning. "She can also face up outside and has great passing skills. Channa is a very hard worker, listens well and learns quickly. She is strong and physical which is a presence we need on the inside. Channa is a very good student with tremendous work ethic and will be a great representative on the court, in the classroom and in the community."
Monday, February 28
Brooke Hand named to the five-member All-Freshman squad
Hand wows the crowd with her 3-point shooting ability. The Moulton, Ala., freshman led the league in treys with 56 and blew away UTC s five-year-old freshman record 40 and is tied for fifth in a single season. She is fourth on the team in scoring with 7.7 points and has 46 rebounds. While never starting, she averages 13.8 minutes of playing time and averages .376 from the floor. Hand led the team in scoring three times and twice made six treys in a single game. Seven times she made at least four 3-pointers in a game.
The Southern Conference womens basketball All-Freshman Team
Laura Hall, Chattanooga
Brooke Hand, Chattanooga
Danielle Hemerka, Davidson
Chrissy Phelps, Furman
Kristen Boone, UNC Greensboro
Saturday, February 19
Brown Enters Elite UTC Club; Lady Mocs Defeat Elon 76-44
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Brooke Hand led three Lady Mocs in double figures with a game-high 15 points as Chattanooga posted its 11th consecutive win for the second time this season, defeating Elon 76-44 at Maclellan Gymnasium Saturday night. Chattanooga started the game with a quick 9-0 run. Katasha Brown sank two free throws and a 3-pointer in that span and became just the 19th member of the Lady Mocs 1,000-point club. She passed Katarika Banks and Heather Dykes on the career list and is ranked 17th all-time in scoring with 1,007 points. Brown had 12 points including two 3-pointers and Hand went 3-for-5 from beyond the arc, shooting 50 percent on the night from the floor. Nicole Mattison also tallied 12 points and had four rebounds, five assists and three steals. Nicole is the heart and soul of this team, UTC head coach Wes Moore said. I told the bench that if we had a team with the heart that she plays with, we couldnt be beat. Mattison was 5-for-8 from the field and connected on both of her charity shots. Chattanooga shot better than 50 percent in the first half and held the Phoenix to just 25 percent carrying a 39-13 advantage into the half. Tonight marked the seventh time this season the Lady Mocs have held a team under 20 points at the half. UTC allowed Wofford to score just 10 points in the first half on Jan. 24 in Spartanburg, S.C., and Appalachian State managed just 13 at the half on Jan. 17 in the McKenzie Arena...(Follow the Link for More!)
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Saturday, February 19
Gadsden State 81 - Shelton State 84
Freshman Mallory Morring's three point attempt rimmed out with 4 seconds left to give Shelton State a 3 point win on Thursday night in Ttuscaloosa. Gadsden State's Freshmen carried the bulk of the work on Thursday with Lynsie Lamitie saddled with foul trouble most of the night. Emily Mason scored 23 points with 10 rebounds to pace the Lady Cardinals. Maria Grimes added 13 points with 5 assist. Mallory Morring scored 12 points and Emily Houts added 10 points. Heather George scored 9 points with 5 rebounds and 7 assist. Gadsden State falls to 18-4 and will play at Snead State on monday night.
Monday, February 7
Lady Mocs Clinch 6th SoCon Title w/67-63 Win Over Davidson
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- The Lady Mocs clinched its sixth consecutive Southern Conference regular season title Monday night with a breath-taking 67-63 win over Davidson College in John Belk Arena. Nicole Mattison led three Chattanooga players in double figures with 12 points and four rebounds. Tiffani Roberson and Brooke Hand chipped in 10 points and led the way with seven boards apiece. The Lady Mocs held a 33-27 lead at the half and let the Wildcats get as close as one late in the game. Davidson put together a 10-1 run making the score 46-45 at 8:27. Chattanooga responded with an eight point run over 2:25 pushing the lead back to nine. Davidson would get as close as two with 20 seconds to play, but the Lady Mocs would hold on for a four point win and a 20 win season for the sixth consecutive year. Chattanooga goes to 20-3 on the year and 15-1 in the conference. The Wildcats fall to 14-9 and 11-5 against the league.
Monday, February 7
Gadsden State 85 - Wallace State (Hanceville) 83
Gadsden State overcame an 11 pt halftime defecit in Hanceville, Alabama to defeat Wallace State 85-83 Thursday night in ACCC Women's basketball. Maria Grimes led Gadsden State (15-3) with 22 pts and 7 assist. Grimes was 5 of 8 behind the 3 pt. line in the second half. Emily Mason scored 17 pts and hauled in 10 rebounds and Lynsie Lamitie added 14 pts and 8 rebounds. Heather George had 8 pts, 6 assist and 5 rebounds. Emily Houts scored 9 pts with 4 assist including a steal on a last second attempt by Wallace State
Sunday, January 30
Lady Mocs "Hand"le Eagles 82-46
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Brooke Hand hit six of Chattanoogas eight 3-pointers to lead three Lady Mocs in double figures as UTC soundly defeated Georgia Southern 82-46 at The McKenzie Arena Monday night in front of a crowd of 1,887. The Moulton, Ala., freshman scored a career-high 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting and broke a five-year-old freshman 3-point record set in the 1999-2000 season of 40 by Tishay Lewis. Hand has 45 treys on the year and leads the league from beyond the arc. Georgia Southern (10-10, 7-7) handed Chattanooga its first Southern Conference loss in nearly two years earlier this month in Statesboro, Ga. It seemed at the end of the first half, it could go that way again. Chattanooga shot 55.6 percent on 15-of-27 shooting in the first half with 3-of-7 from the 3-point line and the Eagles were 13-of-29 and had five treys. The Lady Mocs carried a slim 38-31 lead into the locker room at the half. In the second half, the Lady Mocs defense stymied the Eagles. Chattanooga (18-3, 13-1) shot a near-identical 15-of-28 field goals including five 3-pointers as UTC built its lead to as much as 38 points. The Lady Mocs outrebounded the Eagles 43-30 and won the points off turnovers 24-4. Chattanoogas bench was more productive on the night outscoring GSUs 37-2. Tiffany Patton and Tiffani Roberson combined for 22 points underneath as UTC outscored the Eagles 24-14 in the paint. Nicole Mattison had eight points, a game-high 10 boards and five assists on the night. Alex Anderson notched two more blocks for a team-leading 22. Chattanooga closed out the game on a 16-2 run, shot 54.5 percent on the night and tallied eight treys for the second straight game. Three Eagles scored in double-digits led by Dana Benemons career-high 16 points. Tiffany Brown had a career-high three 3-pointers and chipped in 11 points while Fallon Lee added 10. Benemon had a team-high eight rebounds and Brown pulled down five. Lee dished out five assists and was 2-of-3 from the 3-point line.
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Saturday, January 29
Gadsden State over Snead State 83- 51
We Got'em!!!!!!!! and Got'em Good!!!!!!! In a very physical, relentless, blood letting game, Emily Mason muscled her way to 16 pts and 17 rebounds to lead the Nationally ranked Lady Cardinals to a 32 pt. torching over arch rival Snead State on Thursday night before a packed house (We miss you Ashley) tt Beck Field House. Emily Houts added 13 pts, 4 assit, 4 steals while Maria Grimes chipped in 13 pts and 6 rebounds. Heather George added 12 pts with 5 assist and 4 steals and Amanda Crane rounded out the double figure scoring with 10 pts. The Win moves Gadsden State to 14-2 on the year and will travel to Enterprise State on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
Sunday, January 30
Hand, Brown Wow McKenzie Crowd with Treys
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Junior Katasha Brown and freshman Brooke Hand combined for seven 3-pointers in front of a crowd of 2,051 Saturday night at the McKenzie Arena. Brown led four Lady Mocs in double figures and entered UTCs Top-20 all-time scoring list with 953 career points as Chattanooga defeated intrastate rival East Tennessee State 87-64. Brown went 7-of-9 from the field and 3-for-4 from beyond the arc for a team-high 17 points and four rebounds and had the only blocked shot for Chattanooga in the contest. Hand lit up the boards in the first half hitting all four of her 3-pointers in the opening period. She went 5-for-9 on the night for 14 points and grabbed four boards. Both teams were held scoreless for the first 1:58 of the game before Tiffani Roberson struck underneath with a pair of layups to spark an 18-3 run. Chattanoogas stingy defense only allowed the Bucaneers 7-of-29 in the first half and led 43-16 at the break. It was nice to get off to a good start, UTC head coach Wes Moore said. Ive been teased a couple of times this year with their good play, but then we fall back. Chattanooga improved its league leading record to 17-3 overall and 12-3 in the conference. East Tennessee State falls to 8-11 overall and are even in the league at 6-6. The Lady Mocs shot 66.7 percent from the floor in the first half on 16-of-24 shooting and closed out the game with its best offensive output of the season at 57.6 percent. UTC tallied an amazing 71.4 percent from beyond the arc on 5-of-7 shooting in the first half and Hand was a perfect 4-for-4 in the period from the 3-point line. It felt good tonight, Hand said. But there have been games where Id make the first one and then couldnt make another the rest of the night. Hand and Brown have a league-leading 39 treys each. The Bucs were led by Kelly Turman with a game-high 24 points while the leagues leading scorer Tiffani Mayes was held to 14 points on the night and just three in the first half. She had a game-high seven rebounds and tallied both of ETSUs blocked shots. The teams second leading scorer, B.J. Banjo was held scoreless until she scored two free throws with 3:43 to go in the game. UTC freshman Alex Anderson chipped in 11 points and three rebounds and Laura Hall had 10 points on the night. Tiffany Patton pulled down a game-high seven rebounds and Nicole Mattison had nine points, five boards and seven assists, raising her season total to a conference-best 82. UTC outrebounded the Bucs 38-25 and forced 14 turnovers. Chattanoogas bench outscored the Bucs 39-30 and UTC put back 14 second chance points to the Bucs five. The Lady Mocs never trailed in the game and led by as much as 32 in the game. This is the last Southern Conference game for the Buccaneers in the McKenzie Arena. The two teams are not slated to play each other next season when East Tennessee leaves the league. It will be ETSU head coach Karen Kemp's first time outside the SoCon in 18 years. She is in her 11th season at ETSU and served at UTC under former head coach Craig Parrot for seven seasons. Brown passed Kendra Bell (1980-84) for 20th place on UTC's all-time scoring list. Bell had 941 points over her four-year career with the Lady Mocs under former head coach Sharon Fanning. Brown needs just 12 points to pass Anita Overcast's (1991-95) 964 points. Chattanooga will face the only Southern Confernce team to beat UTC in nearly two years when Georgia Southern comes to town Monday night. The game will tip off at 7:00 p.m. The Eagles posted a 61-53 win over the Lady Mocs on Jan. 4 in Statesboro, Ga. East Tennessee will return home to host the College of Charleston at Memorial Coliseum Monday night at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 20
Emily Mason scores Career High 21 Points!
Emily Mason scored a career high 21 pts and pulled down 9 rebounds to lead Gadsden State to a 90-52 win over Lawson State in Birmingham, Alabama tonight. Maria Grimes added 14 pts while Heather George added 10 pts with 7 rebounds and 6 assist. Mallory Morring added 10 pts and Lynsie Lamitie added 8 pts and 12 rebounds. Gadsden State is now 13-1 on the season and 2-0 in the ACCC Northern Conference.
Tuesday, January 18
Lady Cardinals Win Conference Opener!
Gadsden State overcame a slugish, mistake filled first half to defeat Bevill State 69-52 in their ACCC opener on Tuesday night. Down by 6 at half time, Gadsden State held Bevill State to 4 field goals in the second half on 4 of 34 shots. Maria Grimes led the Lady Cardinals (12-1) (1-0)with 14 pts, 5 assist and 5 steals. Emily Mason scored 10 pts and pulled down 10 rebounds. Mallory Morring added 10 pts and Lynsie Lamitie chipped in with 11 pts. Emily Houts scored 9 pts and had 5 steals.
Monday, January 17
Brown, Hand Clicking
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Brooke Hand and Katasha Brown were both hitting on all cylinders Monday night combining for nine 3-pointers in Chattanoogas 70-48 win over Appalachian State at the McKenzie Arena, halting the Mountaineers 3-pointer streak at 367 games. I like for both of us to be on, Hand said. Its a lot of fun. For the first time since Jan. 15, 1992, the Mountaineers could not connect on a shot from 3-point land. ASU had many good looks, but the ball just didnt fall its way missing on all nine attempts. The ball seemed to start falling Browns way again as the junior scored a team-high 19 points and connected on 4-of-6 treys, tying her season high against Northwestern on Nov. 26.It feels good to contribute offensively, Brown said. It felt the same tonight as it has in the past four or five games. I dont know what was different.Hand seems to click more at home than on the road. In the McKenzie Arena, she has connected on 25 including a SoCon best six against Wofford this season. The Moulton, Ala., freshman has a team-best 33 treys on the year going 5-for-10 tonight from beyond the arc with four in the second half.It seems like it takes the whole first half to get the jitters out, Hand said.
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Monday, January 10
Roberson's Double-Double Leads Lady Mocs Past Davidson
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Chattanoogas Tiffani Roberson led three players in double figures and tallied her first double-double of the season as Chattanooga got past Southern Conference foe Davidson 67-57 Monday night at the McKenzie Arena. The Lady Mocs are 13-3 overall and 8-1 in the conference with its second straight win. The Wildcats even out overall at 7-7 and are 4-3 against league opponents. Roberson went 8-for-13 from the floor to lead all scorers with 17 points and pulled down 10 off the glass for just her fourth double-double performance in her career. She had one blocked shot and tallied her 100th career steal... Brooke Hand drained four 3-pointers to finish with 16 points and Katasha Brown had just one 3-pointer on seven tries but was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line for 11 points. Brown and Hand each have a team-high 28 treys on the season... Two lead changes later, Hand would hit her second of four 3-pointers of the game to give Chattanooga the lead for good 22-20 with 7:59 to play in the half sparking a 10-1 run. Chattanooga would commit just one turnover for the remainder of the half and run its lead to as much as nine.
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Thursday, January 6
Gadsden State 79 Faulkner State 30
Gadsden State held Faulkner State to 5 fieldgoals in the first half in route to a 79-30 victory on Thursday night at Beck Fieldhouse. Emily Mason scored 17 pts and pulled down 9 rebounds for the Lady Cardinals while Amanda Crane and Maria Grimes scored 11 pts each. Emily Houts chipped in with 13 pts. Heather George had 7 pts, 7 assist and 5 steals on the night. Gadsden State out rebounded Faulkner 41-14.
Wednesday, December 22
Lady Mocs Continue Streak With Win Over Furman
Moore and the Lady Mocs as Chattanooga downed Furman by a 30-point margin Wednesday night at the McKenzie Arena, running its Southern Conference consecutive win streak to 37 games. Laura Hall scored a career-high 18 points and led three Lady Mocs in double figures as Chattanooga defeated the Paladins 96-66 in a battle of the top two SoCon teams. Brooke Hand had 17 points and shot 5-of-14 from 3-point land just one game after hitting a career-best six treys Monday against Wofford. Tiffani Roberson went 5-for-8 and put in 10 Lady Mocs points. UTC (10-2, 5-0) hit 15-of-37 from beyond the arc breaking the SoCon record of 14 held by Chattanooga (vs. S. Florida, 1998-99) and Marshall (vs. W. Virginia, 1994-95) and was just one attempt shy of the league record 38 held by East Tennessee. Four Chattanooga freshmen combined for 13 of the 3-pointers and Katasha Brown hit the other two. Amy Mohr went 3-for-3 from the 3-point line and Kristen Spann hit her only trey at 1:34 to give UTC a 32-point lead, its largest, at 91-59. Roberson hit a layup at 14:23 to put UTC up 13-6 starting a 10-0 run. KeKe McWilliams layup at 12:12 gave the Lady Mocs a 21-6 lead. Furman came back to outscore Chattanooga 12-9 over the next five minutes, but the Lady Mocs took its biggest lead of the first half on an 13-3 run to go up by 22 points at 1:13 on a jumper by Hand. Furman closed the gap a bit going to go into the break down by 16 at 43-27...(More from the UTC GoMocs web site)
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Tuesday, December 21
Hot Hand Leads Lady Mocs Past Terriers 85-43
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Brooke Hand
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Freshman Brooke Hand nailed six 3-pointers for a team-high 18 points to lead the Lady Mocs to a 85-43 Southern Conference win over Wofford Monday night at the McKenzie Arena. That runs UTC's consecutive wins to nine on the year. Hand hit her first 3-pointer at the 12:01 mark in the second half to put Chattanooga up 58-34. She then unleashed three more in a row and increased the Lady Mocs lead to 33 points. Hands final trey came with just 1:32 remaining as the Lady Mocs pulled ahead 83-43. Obviously Im happy for Brooke, UTC head coach Wes Moore said. She shoots well in practice, but that hadnt carried over to a game yet. If she can keep it up, we have to find a way to get her into the game more. The Terriers (2-9, 0-4) jumped out to a 6-0 lead, but Chattanooga came back to take a 9-8 lead at 13:31 on a layup from Tiffany Patton. That started a 13-0 run for the Lady Mocs capped off at 8:40 on a 3-pointer by Katasha Brown to give UTC its largest lead of the half at 20-8. The Lady Mocs led 35-26 at the break on 52 percent shooting. Chattanooga started the second half with a 9-2 run, pulling ahead 46-28. The Lady Mocs stifled the Terriers midway through the second half and put the game out of reach with a 25-0 run started at 12:38 on a 3-pointer by freshman Laura Hall. The run included four of Hands treys and ended on a pair of free throws from freshman KeKe McWilliams to put UTC up 74-34. We took care of the ball better, Moore said. We executed well and to off good shots. We needed that especially heading into Wednesday night against Furman. It should be a good game. Moore shook up the lineup a few times and for a 5:15 span, all five players on the floor were freshman. That is just the second time he has done that this year. We need that confidence, Hand said. It helps form a bond between us. When the others begin to graduate, we need to have that confidence. Led by Hand, four Lady Mocs hit double figures. Tiffani Roberson went 4-for-5 from the field and hit all four from the charity stripe for 12 points and pulled down six boards. Brown and Nicole Mattison each had 11 points. Brown had three blocks and three assists while Mattison dished out five assists and grabbed five rebounds. Chattanooga shot 50 percent (30-of-60) from the floor for the second time this season. Ricaye Harris reeled off 19 points in the first half and looked unstoppable. She was perfect from the floor and the free throw line hitting 7-of-7 including three 3-pointers and was 2-for-2 from the charity stripe. The Lady Mocs shut down her offense in the second half only allowing her four points for a game-high 23 points. She closed out the game hitting 9-of-12. Jenny Weurdling had five blocks for the Terriers and K.C. Correll grabbed a game-high seven rebounds. Chattanooga won the battle for rebounds 41-35 and forced 22 turnovers to 13. Chattanooga held Wofford to 17-of-57 shooting for 29.8 percent allowing just four treys, all in the first half. The Lady Mocs (9-2, 4-0) ran its consecutive win streak to nine games this season and now have 36 straight SoCon wins dating back to Feb. 2003. UTC will host Furman Wednesday night at the Roundhouse. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. Wofford will host UNC Greensboro after the Christmas holidays.
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Elite Alumni - Emily Mason (2000 - 2003)
Emily Mason, 5-11, Forward, Lauderdale County High School,
Rogersville, Alabama. Emily has made a verbal committments for 2004 to play for the Gadsden State Lady Cards. Emily was selected to the 2002-2003 ASWA Class 3A First Team All-State and as the State Tournament Class 3A Most Valuable Player. Emily also maintained a 3.8 grade point average while in high school.
Elite Alumni - Brooke Hand (2000 - 2003)
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Brooke Hand, 5-8, guard, Lawrence County (Ala.) High School
Listed No. 7 on Alabama's career high school scoring list with 3,100 career points
ranked among the nation's top 250 recruits by All-Star Girls Report, checking in at #166
named Alabama Class 4A player of the year as a sophomore and was a finalist in 2002-03
listed No. 8 on Birmingham News 2004 Super Senior Girls
scored 834 points as a junior, averaging 26.9 points per game.
averaged 6.2 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game... named Alabama All-State, plus All-Region, All-County, All-Area and team MVP
holds single-season record for most 3-pointers (110), most points (834) and tied her own single-game record for points (46)
team record was 21-11
as a sophomore, scored 691 points, averaging 27.6 points per game
averaged 9.1 rebounds per game and 3.1 assists per game
named Alabama All-State, All-County, All-Area and team MVP
set single-game record for points in a game with 51 vs Hatton in which she made tweleve 3's
high school coach was Kenny Coffey
played AAU for Alabama Elite, coached by Mike Ellen, Len Lanier, and Shawn Turner
AAU team finished 30-6 in summer of 2003 and won state AAU tournament and state Youth Basketball of America tournament
team finished third in YBOA national tournament
averaged 25 points per game and eight assists per game in summer
earned all-tournament honors in YBOA national tournament
scored 40 points in one game and hit nine 3-pointers in one game.
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Saturday, December 4
Gadsden State 91 - Truett McConnell 49
Emily Mason had a huge night for Gadsden State scoring 17 pts and pulling down 14 rebounds to lead the Lady Cardinals to a 5-0 record and a 91-49 victory over the Truett McConnell Lady Danes in Cleveland, GA on Saturday. Fellow post Rachel Scott added 14 pts. Maria Grimes scored 15 pts with 9 assist and 5 steals while Heather George added 7 pts, 6 rebounds, 9 assist and 3 steals for the Lady Cardinals. Gadsden State was 12 of 19 behind the arc and 24 of 27 from the freethrow line. Defensively, Gadsden State held Truett McConnell to 15 of 59 shooting from the floor and outrebounded the Lady Danes 46-20. Gadsden will travel Tuesday night to Judson College to take on the Lady Eagles.
Thursday, November 18
Gadsden State 100 - Truett Mcconnell 42
Gadsden State moved to 2-0 on the season with a 100-42 victory over Truett McConnell College at Beck fieldhouse on Thursday. Gadsden State placed 6 players in double figures in the contest. Emily Houts scored 15 pts with 5 assist while Maria Grimes scored 15 pts with 5 assist and 9 rebounds. Emily Mason had 13 pts, 10 rebounds and 7 steals. Mallory Morring and Jamie Jackson combined to go 7 of 10 behind the arc for 12 and 11 pts respectively. Lynsie Lamitie scored 10 pts with 9 rebounds and point guard Heather George had 6 pts, 9 assist and 5 steals. Gadsden State out rebounded Truett McConnell 51-30 and held the Lady Danes to 32% shooting from the floor.
